Lynchburg

Lynchburg is an independent city of 79,000 in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It lies east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in .
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  • Type: City with 79,000 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Campbell Court House”, “Lynchburg, VA”, “Lynchburg, Virginia”, “Lynchs Ferry”, and “Lynchs Warehouse”
  • Postal codes: 24501-24506, 24514, and 24515

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lynchburg Courthouse and Academy of Music.

Museum
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The is a historic courthouse building located at Lynchburg, Virginia. Built in 1855, it occupies a prominent position overlooking the steeply descending steps of Monument Terrace.

Theater building
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The is a historic theatre building located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The three-story theater was built 1904–05 in the Beaux Arts style with a Neoclassical interior.

Historic building
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The is a historic building located in Miller Park at Lynchburg, Virginia. It is a Queen Anne-style structure erected in 1902. The multi-sided exhibition house was designed by the local architectural firm of Frye & Chesterman.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madison Heights and Kemper Street Industrial Historic District.

Town
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 10,893 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a collection of industrial sites on Campbell Avenue and Kemper Street in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Neighborhood
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The is a national historic district located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The district is irregularly shaped and approximately 14 blocks in area.

Lynchburg

Latitude
37.4138° or 37° 24′ 50″ north
Longitude
-79.1422° or 79° 8′ 32″ west
Population
79,000
Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)
Named after
John Lynch
IATA airport code
LYH
United Nations Location Code
US LYH
Open location code
8792CV75+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158571358
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4771075
Wiki­data ID
Q844012
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lynchburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لينشبرغ”
  • Armenian: “Լինչբերգ”
  • Basque: “Lynchburg city konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lynchburg, Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Lynchburg”
  • Belarusian: “Лінчберг”
  • Belarusian: “Лінчбэрг”
  • Bengali: “লিঞ্চবার্গ”
  • Bulgarian: “Линчбърг”
  • Catalan: “Lynchburg”
  • Cebuano: “Lynchburg (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
  • Cebuano: “Lynchburg”
  • Chechen: “Линчбург”
  • Chinese: “林奇堡”
  • Dagbani: “Lynchburg”
  • Danish: “Lynchburg”
  • Dutch: “Lynchburg”
  • Esperanto: “Lynchburg (Virginio)”
  • Esperanto: “Lynchburg”
  • Finnish: “Lynchburg”
  • French: “Lynchburg”
  • French: “Municipalité de Lynchburg”
  • Galician: “Lynchburg”
  • Georgian: “ლინჩბერგი”
  • German: “Lynchburg”
  • Gilaki: “لينچبرگ”
  • Greek: “Λίντσμπουργκ”
  • Gujarati: “લિન્ચબર્ગ”
  • Haitian: “Lynchburg, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Lynchburg”
  • Hebrew: “לינצ’בורג”
  • Hindi: “लिंचबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Lynchburg”
  • Indonesian: “Lynchburg”
  • Irish: “Lynchburg”
  • Italian: “Lynchburg”
  • Japanese: “リンチバーグ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಂಚ್ಬರ್ಗ್”
  • Korean: “린치버그”
  • Ladin: “Lynchburg”
  • Latvian: “Linčburga”
  • Lithuanian: “Linčbergas”
  • Low German: “Lynchburg”
  • Malagasy: “Lynchburg, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Lynchburg”
  • Malay: “Lynchburg”
  • Marathi: “लिंचबर्ग”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lynchburg”
  • Norwegian: “Lynchburg”
  • Persian: “لینچبرگ، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “لینچبرگ”
  • Polish: “Lynchburg”
  • Portuguese: “Lynchburg”
  • Russian: “Линчберг (Виргиния)”
  • Russian: “Линчберг”
  • Serbian: “Linčburg”
  • Serbian: “Lynchburg”
  • Serbian: “Линчбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lynchburg, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lynchburg”
  • Sinhala: “ලින්ච්බර්ග්”
  • Slovenian: “Lynchburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لینچبورق، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Lynchburg (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Lynchburg”
  • Swedish: “Lynchburg, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Lynchburg”
  • Talysh: “Lincburg”
  • Tamil: “லிஞ்ச்பார்க்”
  • Tatar: “Линчбург (Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Линчбург”
  • Telugu: “లించ్ బెర్గ్”
  • Thai: “ลินช์เบิร์ก”
  • Turkish: “Lynchburg, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Lynchburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Лінчберг (Віргінія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Лінчберг”
  • Ukrainian: “Лінчбург”
  • Urdu: “لینچبرگ، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “لینچبرگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Lynchburg, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Lynchburg”
  • Volapük: “Lynchburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lynchburg, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lynchburg”
  • Welsh: “Lynchburg”
  • “Lynchburg”

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